Online news aggregators - friend or foe? — This week kicked off with the Associated Press voicing concerns about how websites obtain permission to distribute content and share revenues. A debate has sparked about the ‘fair use’ doctrine (publishing a headline and/or sentence from story) and tracking the legal use of the content.

New in Labs: Sender time zone — Let's say your girlfriend sends you an angry email. It's mostly about how you behaved at the party last night and then left for a business trip without saying goodbye. You read it from the other side of the globe, jet-lagged after a 12 hour flight.

Dotcom veterans in Twitter ‘brains trust’ — Some of the best-known names in the London dotcom world are joining forces to cash in on the popularity of Twitter, the rapidly growing social network. — Twitter Partners said that it will help brands, media companies and celebrities to monitor …

What Could Microsoft Want With a Chip Guy? — It's not too surprising that microprocessor guru Marc Tremblay has decided to leave Sun Microsystems, which was experiencing challenges and executive departures well before the brouhaha over stalled takeover talks with IBM.

Apple addressing cracks on white MacBook casings — Apple is privately acknowledging an issue with the enclosure on some of its white 13-inch MacBooks, which in some cases have seen the formation of hairline cracks during normal usage patterns. — The Cupertino-based Mac maker …

Apple building 5-6 million new iPhones - Analyst — Adding his voice to the drumbeat of speculation about Apple's (AAPL) future iPhone plans, Kaufman Bros.' Shaw Wu weighed in early Wednesday with a new report from his supply chain and industry sources. — Among his findings: — Two out of three.

Attribution and Affiliation on All Things Digital — Getting linked from a high-profile website is almost always a huge compliment, well-received by any blogger. But Monday morning, I saw two friends taken by surprise when they were featured on the front page of AllThingsD …

Betting On Technology — Depression-era history hints that big technology firms might do best in a long economic downturn. — BURLINGAME, Calif. - Last fall, Kristin Gilbertson, who manages the University of Pennsylvania's $5.3 billion endowment, had what she calls an “uh-oh moment.”

Email providers will need to have servers in India — Text: — BANGALORE: Indian investigating agencies dealing with cyber crime have much to cheer following recent amendments to the IT Act. The amendments passed by Parliament require internet behemoths like Google, Rediff and Microsoft …

Applications down for foreign worker visas — The economic downturn — and perhaps a push in Washington to protect American jobs — has turned the annual torrent of H-1B visa applications for foreign workers into a trickle. — For years, U.S. tech companies have lobbied for more H-1B visas …

Riding With Tech's Kings — You can find a nice spot even in a depression—if you have the cash and ambition. — BURLINGAME, Calif - Cisco Systems Chief Executive John Chambers controls $33 billion in cash, and he is not afraid to use it. With the banks in crisis, he notes, cash is “king, queen, and the royal family.”

True/Slant Tests Another Model Of Web Journalism — As newspapers, magazines and TV stations face dire economic challenges, and journalism moves increasingly online, debates are raging about how best to preserve quality news and commentary while still making money.

Sims Creator Will Wright to Leave EA — Influential videogame designer Will Wright said Wednesday he is leaving Electronics Arts Inc., a blow to the company for which he created best-selling hits like The Sims and Spore. — Mr. Wright said in a statement he was resigning from the Redwood City …

How Many Friends Can You Have? — One of the most common questions we're asked at Facebook is, “How many friends can you have?” It's an increasingly important question as more people around the world share and connect on Facebook and on the Web overall, but it's also difficult to answer.

Adobe Teams Up With Stanza to Create Open EBook Catalog Standard — Adobe and Lexcycle, the company behind the popular Stanza eBook application, announced today that they are working together with the Internet Archive on turning the Stanza online catalog system into an open standard for distributing free and commercial eBooks.

Search the rainbow — No one likes to take work home, but lately I've been looking forward to it. That's because I've been working on our new color filter in Google Image Search, and my daughter and I have been having a great time together looking at all the colorful animals that we've seen in the tide pools.

New Symantec CEO Tells Conference: ‘Stop Buying Storage’ — Enrique Salem tells Storage Networking World attendees that storing and securing data more efficiently — and not simply adding new capacity to handle the ever-increasing data flow — is the way IT managers are going to have to go during the recession.

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